Uncle Fester

Sorta, but he was really steak knives for Hogan

As long as it isn't one of those 'I quit because I'm a tender flower and whoops I accidently go signed by Hawthorn/ Geelong ./ Sydney' games

I think he said 'best talent available'. In fact re-reading his post makes me sure of it.

I think that if we win a lot of games we will be high on the ladder. But if we lose a lot then we won't If we win some and lose some then we'll be somewhere in the middle All this crystal ball gazing is making me hungry. I'm off to make myself a bacon sandwich

We could do worse. and have before. I'd be happy with us taking the chance. Big, strong, fast and a dash of x factor. What's not to like?

Probably better that he does. I doubt he'll make it back from the rookie list, and he could probably make better coin as a lower grade foootballer in some of the country leagues.

Is this a dick measuring forum or a place where ideas are treated on their merit (or lack thereof)? Please. The best way to drive away new posters (and hence new ideas) is to play the 'shutup n00b' card. It's childish. Really, really childish.

I'd rather a half eaten pie that had been dropped on the ground and then stepped on by 70,000 people leaving the MCG than Robinson. And giving up #2 for him. Wow! Just wow! But on Macca - I don't mind the idea. Big forwards that can lead are gold. Whether he is that man is to be seen, but I won't be upset if we call his name out.

The reality bus usually runs the bandwagon off the road about ten minutes into the second Q of round one.

Nice freebie pick up. If he's a bust we haven't lost anything. If he's a boom then we come out miles on top. And I like the name 'Bert' for some reason even thought the real one annoys me.

Fev is/ was 193 IIRC (Happy to be corrected)

Best available. Draft for talent, trade for needs.

Can we get him in the PSD?

It's what our recruiters have done all century. Why can't we use the same methods as those highly skilled individuals?

Interesting. I guess I know what I'll be calling over the fence to him then.

Mine made the local paper for doing the same.

Will we nail them? I don't know. Not even Hawthorn gets it right 100% But the team picking these lads isn't the same team that screwed up the picks of previous years. I'm backing this team to get a lot more right than wrong otherwise I'd be demanding another change at the top.

Thank Christ only true supporters were allowed to fight in those wars. My grandfather had to produce evidence of ten consecutive years as a member of a VFL team before he was allowed to go bayoneting the Japanese. That's what made us great. Membership of a football club and 18 inches of sharpened steel.

Between whelmed and underwhelmed. Can play, can get the ball, but does a lot of run and kick it and hope stuff. A bit precious too. But brings the Deli Lhama on board as our #1 supporter so I guess it is a win.

I do. I don't like the price we'll pay in picks.

That post was just 'I think' and 'I believe'. It was just rehashing journo BS. And this: If we sign him up to what will be a huge long term contract, we will have to worry about him asking for a trade to Brisbane at the end of every season' just says you know squat.

Not that I thought it either, but can you link a post of yours stating the same before the fact?

Good footwork, but that long term dead injury he has will probably lower his stocks.

I thought the Victor Chan ref was clever and apt. Watts has everything that would make him a star of the game except for heart, or balls, or whatever you want to call it. Bad taste or not, it is what it is, and pretending it is anything else isn't doing us or him any favours.

I am? I don't believe anything at this time of year until the ink is dry. That's the only thing that matters, and the rest of this is just theatre. If you come here to read these threads expecting anything else than wild speculation, wishful thinking and crazy innuendo then you are the one that should be laughed at. It's a game. A bunch of mindless banter to keep ourselves busy while the real players do deals regardless of the bumf we post.